Five police constables booked on charges of corruption and under the Prohibition Act following the hooch tragedy in Surat last year, were exonerated from all charges after the investigating authority was unable to produce evidence against them. In a report submitted to Gujarat High Court on Tuesday, the local police said the five police officers had been exonerated in the case and a C summary would be filed in the local court regarding the same.

The six policemen from Palsana village of Surat had been booked and later suspended after 23 people lost their lives following consumption of spurious hooch. The incident occurred in September 2016. According to local police, the six cops had been in touch with Ramu Yadav, one of the kingpins in the case and abootlegger. The police reportedly had details of instances when the officers had been in contact with Yadav. Five of the suspended cops, however, filed a petition seeking to quash the complaints against them. Public prosecutor Mitesh Amin said, "We have submitted an affidavit stating the Surat police could find nothing in the case against the policemen and they have prepared a C summary report which will be filed in the local court. The high court disposed the case as the policemen withdrew their plea."

Vadodara booze haul: Petitioner moves HC over liquor permit Meanwhile, the HC on Tuesday sought an explanation from the state over cancellation of a liquor permit issued to a Vadodara-based citizen who was among those caught during the raid at a booze party organised at a farmhouse. Siddharth Patel had moved a petition in the HC stating the police had cancelled his permit without giving him a hearing.

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